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DNF Odysseus by Javier Negrete.
I usually enjoy a lot the books by this author, I did not this time. More than Odysseus it is the story on wars between gods in olympus, on how they enter in human bodies and control people and speak to them. On the other hand I did not enjoy the way it is written, in consequence this was not I was looking for rigth now.

Started The City and the city by China Mieville
Still reading The Dawn of Everything, reading in progress, slow but sure
 
The Gulf: The Making of an America Sea.
 
Ended The Dawn of Everything
Tryes to prove that some values that we consider that were introduced during enligthtenmet, there were allready present on other people rather than "occidentals". At same time authors assert that humans lived succesfully during centuries in large, complex and decentralized polities which were egalitarian.
Enjoyed in some measure because has redundat information that leads to be a long and dense book.

Started Neorrancios: Sobre los peligros de la nostalgia (Neo-old-fashioned*: On the dangers of nostalgia) by various authors

*free translation of spanish Rancio term

Still reading The city and the city
 
Smellincoffee said:
The Gulf: The Making of an America Sea.
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Finished that. Impressive read. Also read Crichton/Patterson's Eruption which was more Patterson-quality than Crichton. Currently reading A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
 
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Got an email from Amazon - Did The American Revolution meet your expectations?
 
And how'd you answer?!
 
JollyRoger said:
"I like the American Revolution, I give it a 46, but I can't dance to it"
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"If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution." - Red Emma
 
It's such a quirky rating scale. It presupposes that no song can be perfect, and doesn't want to disappoint artists with anything less than a 35 (though if one of the young people gave a 35, the artist would know what that meant!)
 
Tai-Pan. My re-read of Shogun was so much fun that I am now halfway through Clavell's earlier book about the Opium Wars and China tea trade out of Hong Kong. It is every bit as engaging even if less immersive in China than Shogun was in Japan. It is a great read.
 
Ended Neorrancios: Sobre los peligros de la nostalgia (Neo-old-fashioned: On the dangers of nostalgia) by various authors.

Each chapter is written by one author, some chapters are 5/5, they are a good analysis on what is wrong with the current leftism and what is wrong with embracing populist left with overtones of chauvinism, some other chapters are 0/5, they are just a response to Feria by Ana Iris Simon, a book which became relatively famous in Spain some years ago and where the author explains her nostalgia on our parents's way of life. Just a response, they don't give further analysis.

Started Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

Still reading The City & The City
 
Finishing up Tai-Pan today. What a great story! Next up:

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I finished Anathem recently, was quite enjoyable. I would be extremely surprised if it wasn't at least intended as a homage to the Solar Cycle, it's the same kind of book. One heck of a slow burn though.
 
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